San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-11-07
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TRYING TO CHEAT THE CALLows.
Bombs in LinGg's Cell-EngeI PoIs-
ons HimSelf-A Close Call. But
IL Did Not Work.

Bombs in LinGg's CeIl-EngeI Pols-
ons Himself-A Close Call. But
1t Did Not Work.
CHICAGO, Nov. The dynamite
bombs found In anarchist Lingg's cell
yesterday, were placed in the hands OF
Captain Schask, for examination, and
that officer reports that they appear 10
have been designed for use by some OF
the condemned men as agents OF self de-
struction. He said they d tiered material.
ly In make up from any he had before ex-
amined and ne would be willing TO have
one of them exploded In an adjoining
room as they could not do damage TO
the surroundings. The bombs were
meant for the destruction OF every thing
with which their fragments might come
In contact. Shells had been made OF
lead, zinc and antimOny, the pieces OF
which would fly In every direction when
they exploded, so that blood poisoning
was certain to set In wherever wound
was made. Four bombs were made Of
ordinary 81 inch gas pipe, which instead
OfeXplOdlng would serve the purpose Of
gun barrels. On one end Of each were
fixed q cap and fuse, while the other
end contained small bolts thar would fly
out rs bullets from the gun from the force
created Dy explosion OF the cap. From
his knowledge OF the methods Of making
bombs for various purposes, Capt.
Setback gave it az his opinion that the
bombs found in Lingg's cell were in
tended to be used only as means Of
cheating the gallows. 1t was doubtless
the intention Of Lingg, as well OF the
other three, to put one end Of the bomb
In his mouth and light the fuse Just rs
he would cigar. Before hear
ing result Of Capt Schacks'
examination Sheriff Matson and some of
his deputies reached similar conclu-
siOns. Sheriff MatsOn said the fact that
there were four Of the bombs seemed at
once reminder that four Of the con-
demned men had refused to ask for u
communication of sentence. Not the least
remarkable phase of the bomb discovery
is that 1t came about from
the fact that George Engel at
tempted suicide Saturday night,
by taking an ounce Of laudsnum. About
1l:30 O'Clock, Emil lzoener, who is on
night death watch, passed Engel's cell
and was attracted by groans coming
from within. On stopping to inquire the
cause he found Engel breathing heavily
and lying PROSTATE on his back. He
called him by name, but received
no answer and on opening the cell door
discovered that the man was uncon-
soious, suffering from the effects of some
Supplying drug. After repeated at
temps to awaken him, IzOener became
alarmed and decided to call in
DR.. Gray from the insane ward,
in the same building. DR.. Gray soon
discovered that Engel was suffering
from poison. His eyes were dilatsd, and
rolled spssmodicSlly. The doctor at
once commenced active work on his pa
tient. As soon as Engel came
to his senses he raved and
cursed at being disturbed in
his sleep and asked the reason Of his
being awakened. He protested that he
had only drank little whisky and was
all right. His condition and subsequent
events showed that Engel was dellDer-
ately lying and that in the face of death.
He was forced to take emetics and was
kept constantly walking for hours,
until all danger had passed.
This attempted suicide of Engel
is what lead to q search
Of the cells. Besides the discovery of the
bombs there was found an empty bottle
in Engels' cell, from which he had taken
laudanum. 3 or doses of laudanum still
remained in the bottle and Engel was
confronted with the evidence of his in
tended suicide, he continued to
deny. but at last sullenly admitted the
truth of the accusation. He had pre-
ferred death by his own hand, he said,
to any carrying out of the sentence I'M
der law. Engel stubbOrnly refused to
disclose how he obtained the poison.
The bottle affords no clue, and like
Llngg's dynamite, the source of the
poison is a mystery.